ECSTASY-INDUCED VERY SEVERE APLASTIC-ANEMIA COMPLICATED BY INVASIVE PULMONARY MUCORMYCOSIS TREATED WITH ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL-BLOOD PROGENITOR-CELL TRANSPLANT

Very severe aplastic anaemia (vSAA) is rare. We report a case of Ecsta sy-induced very severe aplastic anaemia which did not respond to immun osuppressive therapy, developing invasive pulmonary mucormycosis. The patient underwent an HLA-identical sibling peripheral blood progenitor cell transplant (PBPCT) with rapid neutrophil engraftment. During eng raftment he developed life-threatening adult respiratory distress synd rome (ARDS). This case serves to illustrate a novel aetiology of vSAA where the infective complications responded to prompt haematopoietic e ngraftment.